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Republic of Eskland | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Alusit |
| Official languages | Waldish Eska |
| Recognised regional languages | 54 Regional languages |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | 56.3% Mixed 17.7% Eska 13.6% White 8.1% Black 4.3% Other |
| Religion (2020) | 81.9% Gregorian 11.7% Irreligious 6.5% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Esklandic |
| Government | Federal presidential republic |
| Espen Kilvukonit | |
| Legislature | Forbundsdag |
| Landsting | |
| Folksting | |
| Independence from Waldrich | |
• Declared | 2 April 1866 |
| 7 August 1867 | |
| 13 September 1904 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 25,303,820 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $1.182 trillion |
• Per capita | $46,724 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $714.479 billion |
• Per capita | $28,236 |
| Gini (2023) |  41.6medium |
| HDI (2023) | 0.878 very high |
| Currency | Daler (ESK) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +17 |
| Internet TLD | .ek |
Eskland (Waldish: Eskland, Eska: Eskävisik), officially the Republic of Eskland (Waldish: Republikken Eskland, Eska: Eskävisikut Häkilnu), is a sovereign state in Elia Australis. It lies between the Free States to the southeast and the Alconian Ocean to the west. Eskland's capital and largest city is Alusit, with other major cities including Jansberg and Kalo. With a population of more than 25 million, Eskland is the Xth most populous nation in the world.
Human habitation in Eskland dates from approximately 12,000 years ago. The Tela River Valley, historically known as Telaland, has hosted complex societies since the emergence of the Attap civilization c. 2100 BCE, and is widely recognized as one of the world's seven independent cradles of civilization. The Attap were followed by a number of societies including the Kikla, Paklossu, and Ulko. The Telaic world underwent a rapid societal collapse c. 700 BCE, during which the Eska, from whom the modern Eskavic peoples are descended, migrated into the region. By the time of Calesian first contact in 1561, most of Telaland was dominated by a loose confederacy of Eskavic city-states led by the hegemonic Kingdom of Alusit.
Etymology
History
Prehistory
- Humans arrive at least 12,000 years ago
Telaic civilizations
- Attap civilization emerges in the Tela River Valley c. 2100 BCE, first of the Telaic civilizations and beginning of Archaic Telaland
- Kikla, Paklossu, and Ulko civilizations emerge between c. 1700 and 1200 BCE
- Archaic Telaic collapse of 700 BCE results in the decline of the Attap, Ulko, and Paklossu civilizations, the Kikla are weakened but survive
- Preclassical Telaland c. 700 BCE to 129 CE
- Formative Telaland c. 700–300 BCE marked by warfare and general instability as Telaic civilization recovers, Eska people migrate into the Lower Tela and settle, Kikla fragment into successor states, Vunu and Kapnam civilizations emerge
- Old Telaland from c. 300 BCE until the end of the Eska–Kikla Wars in 129 CE, First Eska Confederacy established under Usevku hegemony
- Classical Telaland 129–510, massive earthworks, sophisticated road network, colorful frescos, literary works, wars with the Vunu Empire as the Confederacy expands south
- Postclassical Telaland 510–1352
- First Crisis period 510–744, Confederacy falls into civil war and dissolves, Vunu Empire gains territory in the Lower Tela Valley and forces the Esklandics to abandon their southern settlements
- New Telaland 744–1050, the region reorganizes in the Upper Tela Valley, another flourishing of art and construction
- Imperial Telaland 1050–1352, Livils unifies the region once again in 1050 under the Second Eska Confederacy, pushes Eskland to its greatest territorial extent as the Confederacy retakes the Lower Tela and pushes deep into the Borealian interior, unites the Telaic world for the first time in recorded history and spreads Eska as the regional lingua franca
- Late Telaland 1352–1561
- Second Crisis period sparked by the Catabole event of 1352, power struggle between Livils and Kaulut after confederate authority collapses, Vunu Empire fragments into successor states, wars with Kapnam over resources
- Third Eska Confederacy established in 1429, this time led by Kaulut
- Calesian contact in 1561